Vitrier, Paris

1950, printed 1976

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Arches paper, 1976

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 42.86 × 26.99 cm (16 7/8 × 10 5/8 in.)
    sheet (visible): 44.77 × 29.21 cm (17 5/8 × 11 1/2 in.)
    overall: 60.96 × 50.8 × 1.27 cm (24 × 20 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.119.47

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: E (circled)/ P 1151 (circled)/ Vitrier, Paris 1950 / Arches paper / Platinum-palladium / Print made November 1976; 21/25 (circled); stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn (circled); artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1951; lower left, stamp: In addition to 25 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver / prints not exceeding a total of 7 / IP (graphite addition) may exist.

Wikidata ID

Q64155308


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